UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received.
Media coverage of UCSC faculty and staff during the week of February 25-29 was dominated by stories about an attack at the home of a UCSC cancer researcher. Coverage of the story appeared in the national, state, and local media (see complete list of headlines and hot links by date).
Other recent media coverage:
The New York Times published a review of literature professor Nathaniel Mackey's latest book, Bass Cathedral. A review also appeared in Paste magazine.
Economist Ricard Gil fielded calls from the Wall Street Journal, San Jose Mercury News, and Santa Cruz Sentinel about his work on the price of popcorn at the movies.
Fox News.com featured psychology's Dominic Massaro in a story about new technology that enhances learning. Massaro has developed an animated tutor that can be used to help remedial readers, autistic children, and those learning a second language.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a feature story about alumna author Reyna Grande, who was honored with a 2007 American Book Award for her debut novel Across A Hundred Mountains.
Film and Digital Media Department chair Shelley Stamp was quoted for a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about four successful UCSC alumni in the film industry who returned to campus to advise students about the business of making movies.
The San Francisco Chronicle noted that Marco Barricelli was recently named the new artistic director of Shakespeare Santa Cruz in an article about recent shifts in the artistic leadership of Bay Area theater companies.
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